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Busting the Myths around VxWorks #6: Safety

Software safety is related to many factors but I think the impression that an operating system is unreliable conjures up the perception it is unsafe as well. I’ve spent time in...

15 years 5 months ago

Busting the Myths Around VxWorks #5: Security

In reality this isn’t a myth, it’s more of an awareness problem. Our solution for the need for high robustness systems is the VxWorks MILS product. VxWorks MILS is designed to...

15 years 6 months ago

Addressing Core Issues

A good article from colleague Jens Wiegand on multicore in medical devices . Jens talks about consolidation and innovation, two driving factors in both medical and industrial...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks #4: VxWorks reliability

I don’t think we are promoting the reliability of our products well enough. In particular, a key attribute and value of VxWorks is its reliability. Being a newcomer to Wind River...

15 years 6 months ago

Wind River’s Next Chapter

It’s been roughly 90 days since Wind River became a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you the state of our business and a few...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks #3: VxWorks and Memory Protection

A common misconception about VxWorks is that it doesn’t have memory protection. Other forms of this myth maybe that you can only program VxWorks with flat memory tasks and that it...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks #2: Support for Multicore

I’ve heard from our sales team that even our own customers are not aware of VxWorks' support for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP). SMP, for those not clear on the terminology is one...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks: VxWorks isn’t dead!

I recently joined Wind River as product marketing manager for VxWorks and as an outsider and former competitor, I think there are many myths surrounding VxWorks that need to be...

15 years 7 months ago

Three Flavours of Virtualization

Here is a great article on the Intel Tools and Software Blog on the three flavours of virtualization: Binary translation, para virtualization and hardware assist. Sharon covers all...

15 years 7 months ago

The Plug-in Fest is coming!

As if we didn’t already have our hands full with EclipseCon, the next event is on the horizon: the Eclipse Plug-in Fest for Embedded and Mobile Products . The inaugural Plug-in...

17 years 3 months ago